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First published in 1881, this book tells the story of Frederick Courteney Selous, generally acknowledged as the greatest African hunter of all time. While Selous was first and foremost a hunter, he was also a close personal friend of President Theodore Roosevelt and a naturalist whose careful observations and succinct writings were read by layman and scholar alike. The African wing of the British Museum of Natural History is named after him, a...

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During a half century, John Boyes created much of Africa's colorful history. If there was a desert to be crossed, a jungle to be tamed, a government to be swindled, a local tribe to be befriended or exploited, John Boyes was there.

There's never been anyone quite like John Boyes, the most notorious of East Africa's pioneers. This is his true story, his firsthand accounts of exploits on the Dark Continent during the days of the most daring adventurers. There are lots of things you can say about John Boyes: he was a troublemaker. He was an ivory poacher. He was a hunter. He was a soldier. He was a scalawag. He was a king. He was a criminal. And, above all, he was an advent...

Andrew Ellicott finished the job Mason and Dixon started, first measured the height of Niagara Falls, helped avert a war over disputed territory between North Carolina and Georgia, laid out Washington, DC, and defined what this country was to become by setting boundaries between the states and defining our national borders.

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An Ordinary Killer adeptly captures the ultimate success story in the intriguing world of forensic science and investigation. This amazing three-fold journey leads us over twenty-eight years and from the beginnings of two very important investigative techniques DNA technology and the behavioral approach to criminal psychological profiling to the arrest of a sadistic, predatory killer. Anthony Hornus work takes a rare, compassionate look at det...

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Home Is Where the Heart Is chronicles life in a small southern town in the fifties and sixties. Times were simpler then. You knew everyone in town, and everyone knew you, and they impacted your life in very special ways. This book centers on a doctor in the small town of Sheldon and the people he comes in contact with each day. Come laugh with them, cry with them, and experience the miracles that come from walking with the Lord. The Author: An...

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Feuds, war, poverty and all the rest of 19th century mountain life in the hills of Jackson County, North Carolina from those who lived it and were glad of the privilege

In the remote Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, the sheriff of Jackson County, way back around 1917, had just two words when someone was needed to restore law and order - "get Rufus!" - and Rufus would come a ridin' into Sylva, the county seat, on his female mule, Fred, and then the fur would fly and the bad guys get their comeuppance. "A delight, dishing up charm, adventure, and a delightful mountain flavor, all at the same time. Bob T...